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mn HAD 4 rrxnf1Is ynosn
A short Le..sn In Pare new Ysrksse ~ n
grnet,sed Driver or Meussn.

NJ, Prnetssed Driver or fHe-ssn.
1T can't tell you tho nnme Of the man I
mean" said tho csbman. but can describe
him. and ono way you'll know him IL by his
having terrible front"
This cabman was seated In tho restaurant OF
the Press Club over couple OF hnRers OF an
amber fluid in q small glass. seconded by q
larger glass with four fingers OF water. He
had boon invited Into the club house because
OF the delicious quality OF his speech. Whore
other men talk English or United States, he
confined himself TO pure New Yorkese. o dis
tlnot language spoken by only fow and
understood by only few more-like the Celtic
taught In the Cooper Union on Sundays. 1t IL
picture language, based on descriptive
terms to largo extent, like the sign writing
OF the Indians. The newspapers had been put
to press. and 1t would not be time to get up any
moro papers for several hours, 90 tho cabman
was invited UP on the pretence that the mem
person who had failed to pay him for ride or
'Ths lrst time seen him." said aid the he cab ,,t
up e Madison ana t sns Why sss
Dc iUr Sm &c sS IN the Duke
climbing 70 the Herald office, and licked Han,
was was Zebra You could have laid me out By
standing behind me and drawing IN - yon a,
DF0aIn Wl6n ne RlNe INC u DUWoIy.
the Herald and he done 1t grand. Whats
your name says he. Jake says l. come
In and I'll toss, you on JaEe. says ne; W
give you the dollar and half TO- morrow. MY
friends Ia all gone home Oh, but the way ne
done 1t was what was grand. A man gets
Bowery in all kinds OF ways. Sometimes the
fellow gives you the sneak act, goes In irony
door and out at the back. and you a-sittin
there moaner than mud sometimes the Fellow
tries the piano racket-left his Doodle by chang.
ing his clothes: but this man had the biggest
front ever see. treating me to drink and
fumidora over to the Aston House, and hanging
the bartender and the cigar man up with the
look on his face Of doing them both great
-" What do you mean by your bicycler"
why, that's what was tooling that night
me hanson. It's got two wheels, and mount uni
It. like bicycle. Me four-wheeler is what call
me cage. The next time l met the man I'm
a-lookin' fur his giblets was full. took him
home to Brooklyn. He showed me, plenty q
stun, and seen he was well hesled, and felt
dead to rights about me price,. You ought to
see tho front Of tho man: whyl you'd think he
could match the banks in Wall street agfn one
| another like you and me can match f'pences.
| And would you believe 1t. when got him home
| and stood him up agin the rack In the hallway,
| he Civ me q Bowery again. ! would have had q
| fuss with him only a perfect lady came out and
| said he was ugly when he was lush. and
wouldn't Canada and she'd see that got me
| stuff all right. Why. gents, you must surely
| tumble to the man mean. He's got the most
terrible front you ever see. You must know
| him By that"
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wAERE THERE WAS ESEHUs1AsAL
How tho AIarbIeheaders Heard the New Of
the Yankee Victory.

From the Boston Journal
MARBLEHEAD, Mass. Sept 30.-At O quarter
Of 5 o'clock this afternoon the great oel IN
AHb HAL tbs
echoes Of Gettysburg and Appomattox re-
sounded in the fresh ocean air from the he bells
heard 1t, the men in the shoe shops heard 1t.
Was 1t fire I? No smoke or roaring flame re-
sPSndsd 70 he gaze No sae
at the fore, the monarch Of the seas; =, The
stany ohmsd in and out Of The shops poured
the multitude Of operatives. lining the streets,
and all Fastening to one central point, the
T6ere ali the afternoon had been the wife Of
Designer Burgess, receiving private dispatches es
race was sailed Mira Burgess haunted the tel
nmbs little did tbs IN
the Neck. But this afternoon, post haste.
came carriage conveying Mrs Burgess ss, her hes-
tRe TRstIs was ahead Ths lady was sSicE
bit she main aas apy tne
Of her husbands grand success. It was Mrs.
Burgess tonight. A.. -, 49,, no. ,,,,d
WITH i0 oy TSo Minutes after Hpbot
sounded the notes Of victory tho whistle In
s aSa he aH Whes Sss
crackers were fired. and. as soon as night fell.
bontlres CLEANED on the heRdlanos lar OUT To-
held high carnival and made brilliant pyro-
technic dispIay., Masrhlehsad's fevorite da9gh-
tors are the Puritan, Mayfower. and volunteer.
lily in their success. For several hours the
They have got to build another boat yet"
I'll bet there are sore hearts over the other
Gen. Paine Is a gentleman, he u.s." chimed
in another; "cos why. he took IN his spinnaker
bis time; He didn't want to beat him too bad.
Then the guilds were shifted from port to
Ses@ and INES
our laced footed mainsail and all, but II they
leave out the centreboard they amt anywhere.
sHa Eel H hs sS asDs s
Thet's So" biurted ont an old tar, but, Lor,,
bless ye, Jest let EN- build centreboard. and
ship. . Yankee skipper and Yankee crew. they
believe the thistle is an able boat but her
sGRea f1R apa
yoluntser, then the scotchman would show
As si s's. PANE IN s:s
said comrade Didn't he SAY that when he
The yacht Cub fleet and Yet they send over
their Thistle with the proudest record OF any
yacht on their side. queen Of all the races, VIC
t tRe sss or aas
Lieutenant feels pretty good. too;
The announcement that Gen. Paine and the
volunteer would sail direct from New 19rk Tor
eral pleasure. There will be such reception
as Marblehead has never seen before.
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JOHN ! n1AIns artLIoNA
m. Has Owned More Miles OF Railroad
Tina, Any Other Man In the Country.

John I. Blair. the witness before the Pa
cific Railroad Commission last week. IA one OF
tho oldest characters in tho country. He lie
already beyond the regulation three-scoro and
ten but locke after his ten or moro millions
ma vigorously ~ he used to manage his dollars
when no was q poor but thrifty youngster In
Warren county. NY. He made his own start
in life, and got his nrst taste Of wealth from
some railroad building In Warren county. Inc
bulk OF his fortune. however, he gained In
building roads In Iowa. His general scheme
was to get up company TO build road
through new territory. Then he got the people
along tho limo to chip in enough to pay
all the expenses OF building tho road
the work being done by construction
company. which was him In another form
Bonds were issued for this. and stock equal In
amount to the bonds was issued to his COM
pany which was also himself. Tho building
I'M OF the country by the road made the stock
valuable and John I. Blair rich. At one time
no owned more miles OF railroad than any man
in the country. Vanderbilt not excepted. He
built the town Of Blairstown, where he lives In
q solidly magnificent place. 1t is thriving
village. some distance from anywhere In New
Jersey. To get to It and away from 1t he built
the Blairstown Railroad the chief business Of
which lie to carry John i. Blair back and forth.
I'll
dotes. A son lives in fine style at Belvidere.
N. j. Once a friend, seeing the son drive
gorgeous equipage that cast the old mans
modest carriage into the shade. remarked on
NY well YOU see," said tho millionaire dryly,
"Inever had tho advantage Of q ricn iath sn:s.
the Judge. not Impressed by his rather rough
Hn The od man
out q few hundred Thousand dollars worth OF
Government bonds that he had handy, and
offered to produce several millions OF good
railroad bonds II he was given rev hours
more notice.
Once he ran on the Republican ticket 10, for
Governor OF New Jersey. The agreement WIS
that he waste furnish the money and md tae ss noi
and at the end Of the campaign he had the OK, I,
perience and the politicians had big heap OF
the money. 1t was then that he told MS Ia,
. lot q hogs from 81. Louis where hogs were
low, to chicago. whore they were high and
fnding that before he got there the hog mar
had TWISTED SO fha. swin drove tbe
hogs bach. again. getting to st. LOUIS Just IN
time to strike depression In the st, Louis hog
market, which was matched by an elevation az
The @ 80 es o s9e 81 ~
well, I'm like that ieller," said Blair, II
haven't been elected Governor. but I've had the
has sa dsSSed in politics
but his experience was not lost. His contribu;;
tions to campaign funds have never exceeded
sey 70 fhe convention that nominated Blaine.
car load OF young politicians up oil night by
telling them funny stories. In the morning he
he travels all over the country alone. Us
freely "a though he were nearer IL than W.
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Brother Pickles ssnith Rebuked.
FSom kAe Dsfyotf Free P,sss.

Pickles Smith hnd been wiping of his chin
and the opening presented was seized upon to state
that manufacturer Of stomach bitters had offered him
81 for the privilege Of making new brand THE Only
Genuine Pickles smith Tonic" before returning de-
cided ho had thought best TO bring tho matter
before tho club
"Brudder Smith" said the President a. he softly
scratched the back Of his neck ~ have doubt dat
you could take ast g an make GOOD use Of X bu, you
town in Kansas Sir Isaac walpole has been offered SO
fur dc use Of his name on patent rat trap GveadAm
Of stove backing Trustee Puloaek has been offered
an reckon dat moas ali OF could sell fur mo
less But has put tut right down all SIGH
compounds on an innercent public let EN- 20 70 MEM
oder. We mus maintain our honor an integrity or do
Of dis club will sink Dc level OF session
Of Congress"
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BULL FIGHTING IN SAN DIEGO
A weak.kneed Creature Cruelty leased and
IN Able.bodied Bull Let Alone.
FSou, SanD MEM Tofon

IN Able.bodied Bull Let Alone.
From us San Diego Union
Promptly at the appointed time and amid
the blast Of bugle the four matadores. clad In
scarlet and zach bearing scarlet h sha n'Iss en
clown, half scarlet and hall blue, whose strong
point lay in his ability to make people tired.
one bearing q pole with sharp spike In, the
as sSs S% fhs audi Sa
were weak and he was looking for place to
the pitchiork into the mild.mannered little
animal. and the other picador. riding at
snd ffS he With
light when be ran here and there To- do escape pc
evidently 2 church member and kept his
s spHts DSs iaso % III he
sSsR 30 no sooa A Sus sheep
and such expressions, and. obeying the will of
The perfermance was gone through Nv With
ad hs sas sseI any
isd animal made Wild lunge at q mata MSI
protection behind one Of the i've shields'-
little fences built up just close enough to the
wall OF the arena to allow q man to slip behind.
Tho bull tossed the shawl about on Its horns,
and then plunged wildly at another matador,
who quickly sought the profession Of shield:
Then the pieadores prodded the brute most
Ssndsrila. STUCK i into the neck q the suffer-
ing animal where 1t hung. and was soon COW
cred with blood from the wound.
the bull. seemed to al him with fear, but he
still continued to plunge occasionally at the
matadors and would doubtless have worked
himself into fury had not the management
answered the cry OF o couple OF spectators
and turned him out. On the other occasion
savage bull was led into the arena. and. after
having received a couple OF thrusts from the
pieadores. began 70 snort and paw the ground sta
doree. Most Of the spectators were cheering
themselves hoarse as every new wound was
given the animal. when suddenly the gate was
opened and out the enraged bull rushed and
was soon beyond tho sight of the yaqueros, who
feigned to pursue him. At this the patience OF
tho crowd seemed to exhaust itself. and the
cheers OF but q moment before were changed
to storm OF Kisses and wild bowls, mingled
with cries Of Fraudl" Put-up jobp'" Give US
back our money!" &C.. The band struck up
tune. but i was smothered by yells. and for a
ment the crowd became moro and more dis
satisfied and began TO leave. and half an hour
after IL had dispersed. and even the matadores
and picadores had left the place. 1t was re-
marked that the show had one good point: 1T
had given the civilized spectators Just enough
Of q bull fight to show them what brutal
pastime the genuine Spanish sport must be-"
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From tAe Providence Journal

man who owns an apartment house on
Back Bay was asked yesterday u he had let all the
suites In f.
on. yes" he replied. II have just lot tho last to
:. summer bosrder.r repeated the other. "whas in
the world do you meanr -
were people from New Orleans who came North when
the heats OF spring on and who took the apart
ens for In order to be provided with accom-
nodRtiDns which pleased them This suggests unlimited
apartments who are shrewd enough and o. eommer
deAvoF TO let furnished suieS to for the
winter SOuthernerS for the summer each tenant
Of course paying . full years rent From such prac
doe % hEht comedy h o. course but step One family
dAy ato in moving out and there u excuse for tan
Eie Of complications only limited by the boundaries OF
tha Invention of ho author,
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~PR1sCE OF THIEVES"
The Career or Bis Jim Burns. Who Planned
an Ipgenious Robbery In Philadelphia.
From, ne Phladetphta ge,os

From tie Philadelphia He,oa
The death of the notorious bank sneak
James Burns in Hamburg, some days since
which was laid against tho great banking
house q DreSel 4 Co. IN this city, st the time
I'D the Ep @
only about twelve inches from any one stand
II was proposed to walt until aiterno Don when
the valuables had al been removed and the
were t tine Ss Sne 81 the
note In q hurry; no would be followed by 9TH
ers, one Of whom, while apparently leaning
against tho counter, was to cut n hole eight
Inches in diameter directly opposite the end Of
the drawer. and through the drawer itself.
and traces OF the cutting could be covered up
In NO, time by means Of walnut putty, The
next day. when the bonds We're put back into
engage the attention. OF the clerk, Will,
another would push through the detached
SsSSs Snfo Ct Banns Gss ed
attempt by the fact that lust as he perfected
the scheme he was arrested. and before he re-
gained his liberty the bank had moved.
mere luck. He and Horace Horaa. alias
Little Horace" had followed q mqssenger to
nut streets, and wore Just about 10 soi2e the
bonds when they were scared of by the en-
called, was born In boston, Mass. ip 1870; His
rno 80 Of Sss II Is
fact that when any OF his associates were In
trouble he contributed largely to support their
wives and children, He had served terms In
Sing Sing. New York. and Boston. and had an
international reputation.
Hs escaped from Raymond street jail in
brooklyn on Friday. July 81. 1883. and since
that time he has been In Europe. His last on
tcrprise was the. robbery Of the ,ycreins Bank
10 Hamburg on June 22, 1883. Ho suSeeeded
who originated the sneak method IN the
robbery OF banks, the most daring OF al the
associates In the invention Of this method are
their evil ways forever.
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A Woman Made her Waist Slender and
Heart Disease Followed.
From IA. panaae,pata Time.

Heart disease, due to tight lacinR," was the
verdict OF the oronsr Jury In the case 81 ssyearod
Bertha oppenheimer. who died on Friday at LIZA North
and was better known q. Nellie Parser; On Tuesday
Keeping nc l33 and i85 North Carolina
syenae On Thursday afternoon she was at the National
While laughing at the work Of the low comedian. she
her heart She was corpulsnt woman. and the worse
than barbarous tight acnx of her waist had caused The
friend 70 enee Birch North Tenth street n
Of her death was heart disease due TO
tight lnclnR.
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FarminE by Natural Gas Light
Pyoa. The I,.aianapoliS Journal

Howard county farmers residing In the vicin-
ity Of the great shrader well near kokomo Indiana
20 on record a. harvesting the nLat wheat natural
was truly noval scene. which was Witnessed BY hun
dEods OF De 1pe who surrounded the nsds OF grain In
eArrlASoL The constant roar OF the ShrAdeF well can
Be dstnetV heard eight milss auay While the light can
The estimated dow o. sal from this well 10 Ao0Q0oo
cubic fesl every twenty tour houtA
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Disgraceful Fight Between Preachers.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer

HANNIBAL, No., Sept. 3O-At the "Sanctiflca-
ton or Holiness" Camp in this city, the Raw J. Den
Mis- Of the evangels,s preached last might sermon
Ghsholm took exceptions and CALLED him 70 order but
the rosrum and began speak Each tried TO cry the
other down. and falling In ths they cnehed and each
citement blew out the ights and the meeting
rested and today ct the trial the Rev. Chisholm
ned S. which no paid and the Rev Dennis $40, but he
was unable to pay the nne, and now lies In jail
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Docs Not Know sae Ins. Married N
FROM tha Parksrsbt.rq Journal

Among the people at the. circus to-day were
ayounE married couple from Ohio Of whom the wife
The very peculiar feature OF tho 10 that the
band does not know that his wife has colored blood
In her veins They both quito young and have been
married less than q year.
Tho girl formerly lived In this city where she was en-
ployed ss domestic, but came here originally from
tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad somewhere n the
brunette. and shows but little trace Of her African
blood the fact that her mother was Of
In this city.
The young man ia tho son Of q wcllto-do farmer In
Ohio. He met the girl here. became attached 70 her
and about year ago they were married. said that
q the fact that hi, bride has drop o. Soorsa blood IN
fact from him They live happily together his ease II.
usrating the old adage that where ignorance bss
it's q good deal worse than folly to know things
that your neighbors know.
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Omcial Analysis

The Fish Commissioner have done excel
thing like sufficient credit for all Perhaps you don't
know that such small thing a. the water for the
arm Of anaysts who band IN their eertineates on The
day who used to DO with nrm who had this duty 70
perform. They always got well paid for 1t, too,
" And you had to analyze the waterf"
"YeA"
And how did You do III"
I'VE kept three or four nsh. when the Commission
era sent Ia the water analysed put the nsh In II
II they died reported that the water was not good
II they didn't why, IL was all right
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Ono OF the Pleasures or Rural Life.
From the Montgomery Standard.

We have heard Of people riding on oxen.
cows donkeya bulA and riding on rails but the scene
which o couple while out riding few miles west OF
this village last sunday afternoon takes them az down
which hog lot In which some large hogs In
the lot among the hogs was young Miss OF good size
the hogs around The lot shs would very freSnsntly
again dig heels the animals ribs to make 1t
run. She evidently enjoyed the fun.
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oUn1oUs 1rlrunrs o. AcrUAE II5n
Mew q Yeusg U,nfersssn nreee hss Sweet.
heart Wash or che Refuge.

..t Efvn ne son Franctfco cArcntce
A. growp.up man, q, man 81 mature years
would not have dopeL He would have put his arm
sbsst done ne yS.t painting and powderins 10
And she would have told him that she thought did
and II he ddntf II he could 20 and Get anothsr GrL
something like that AZ the best she wouldnt have
taken any notice % the sa, be va, "a
take her the theatre and knowing her peculiarly
he put powder pun and box of rouge In his pocket
usual He Immediately pulled out his rouge and pow
der and painted himself up.
what arr you doing ~ u
aOnly making myself Handsome"
why not r.
1T would tnortify me 10 DEATH
well, but you're Just like that"
"Thata different thing"
will wash OF mine"
I'VE don't 70 out them "
But she thought better Of and she accepted his bar
gain. sho was very pretty after that
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of famous rcpute.
At the Standard "The Arabian Nights" remains Q
popular attraction Frequent changes In the sug
gsst honest effort IL being made impart inter
est to the comic drift OF Capt Alfred Thompsons lines
will require great talent to mako them endurabe
Richard Golden Dixeys former partner Il playing
the policeman Kiub Lubba He Ii the third actor In.
with that role and the nrst TO make aughAbe
Manager DUH has yet time for the first Amsri.
can hearing Of Dorothy" Alfred Celsrs opera now
In Its second year in London.
Manager T. Henry Frsnehs tried Judgment In laying
out the entertainments the Grand again shown BY
this weeks engagement Of "The Golden Giant" which
was for brief period at the Fifth Avenue.
and ono Of the most enjoyable and least talked
about Of last season It will be pleasure
to SEQ Mra Mckee Rankin once moro as the breezy
heroine who stack cardsith the eleverss gambler
play. Tho role formerly acted by Mckee Rankin
Is now given to Ralph Delmore. whose previous good
work jusnes the belief that he will not neglect his pres
emit opportunity "The Golden Giant" has been having
good since tho opened. and the play de-
serves It, Next week Clara Morris will start her season
the Grand and there Is prospect that her piece,
Irene "-anothsr English version Of "Le Aartyre" win
DO for the f,rst time In the East
The concerts at Roster Bars will DO varied after this
week by Interpolation of vocal and instrumental
noyeltea Meanwhile Victor Herberts orchestra con-
tinues give good music and there Il exhibition
Of "Galatea" an illusion comparatively new here.
The last days Of the Merrmac Monitor picture are
at hand and there frequent crowds In the Madison
avenue structure.
An actress said to o Sur reporter: do you know
10 that last In audience from the stage
The bustes of the adea Just a. the curtain dropping
on our final tAbsau the people rise In their de-
part They rarely remain seated until the curtain shuts
them from our view. woman never rises from
chair nor leaves without two ridiculous man1u-
vreA First she selzes her skrts behind below the belt
N win a m Inv MI